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Hexagonia pulchella Lév. 
2925, Peradeniya, July, 1909. 
Hexagonia tenuis Hook. 
3840, Peradeniya, July, 1913 ; 4275, Peradeniya, 
October, 1914. 
Hexagonia ruficeps (B. & Br.), comb, nov. 
Favolus ruficeps B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 527. 
3484, Peradeniya, June, 1912 ; 3491, Peradeniya, 
June, 1912 ; 3558, Peradeniya, August, 1912. 
Pallid to pale reddish-brown, with rufous radiating 
streaks when fresh, dark red-brown when dry ; flabelli- 
form, up to 5 X 3*5 cm. Stalk up to 1 cm. long, 
stout, sometimes affixed to the substratum by a 
tomentose disc. Upper surface scabrous with minute 
fascicles of brown tomentum. Pores hexagonal, large ; 
walls sparsely setulose with minute, black, conical 
setæ. Margin of pileus fimbriate ; pores descending to 
the base of the stalk. Pileus not tessellated. 
This appears to be Hexagonia and will stand as 
Hexagonia ruficeps. Thwaites’ figure, referred by 
Berkeley and Broome to Favolus tessellatus, is good. 
Hexagonia scabra (B. & Br.), comb. nov. 
Favolus scaber B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 532. 
2270, Peradeniya, December, 1906 ; 2749. Peradeniya, 
December, 1908; 4241, Peradeniya, November, 1914. 
Flabelliform, shortly stalked, pale yellow-brown. 
Upper surface tessellated, radially silky, sometimes 
scabrid behind ; margin fimbriate. Stalk frequently 
arising from a circular tomentose base. Pores large, 
hexagonal, up to 5 mm. long and 4 mm. deep, decurrent 
on the stalk, cream-coloured ; no setæ. Spores white, 
narrow-oval, 10-12 X 3 Flesh very thin. 
This is also Hexagonia, and will stand as Hexagonia 
scabra. 
This and another Hexagonias, which grow on dead 
branches attached to the tree, are usually collected 
after the branches have fallen. In that case, especially 
in wet weather, if the branches have been lying on the 
